CSIC
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The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain
and the third largest in Europe
. Belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Secretary of State for Research, its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is prepared to collaborate with Spanish and foreign entities in order to achieve this aim.
CSIC plays an important role in scientific and technological policy, since it encompasses an area that takes in everything from basic research to the transfer of knowledge to the productive sector. Its research is driven by its centres and institutes, which are spread across all the autonomous regions. CSIC has 6% of all the staff dedicated to Research and Development in Spain, and they generate approximately 20% of all scientific production in the country. It also manages a range of important facilities; the most complete and extensive network of specialist libraries, and also has joint research units.
philosophy.
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CSIC administers the following Spanish ICTS:
And the Spanish part of two large European facilities:
Spain
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and the third largest in Europe
Europe
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. Belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Secretary of State for Research, its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is prepared to collaborate with Spanish and foreign entities in order to achieve this aim.
CSIC plays an important role in scientific and technological policy, since it encompasses an area that takes in everything from basic research to the transfer of knowledge to the productive sector. Its research is driven by its centres and institutes, which are spread across all the autonomous regions. CSIC has 6% of all the staff dedicated to Research and Development in Spain, and they generate approximately 20% of all scientific production in the country. It also manages a range of important facilities; the most complete and extensive network of specialist libraries, and also has joint research units.
Origins
Its origins are found in the Junta para la Ampliación de Estudios (1907–1939) born within the Institución Libre de Enseñanza and inspired in the KrausistKarl Christian Friedrich Krause
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause was a German philosopher, born at Eisenberg, Thuringia.-Education and Life:...
philosophy.
Duties
According to the Statute’s article 5 of CSIC State Agency, the current objectives and functions of the CSIC are:- To carry out scientific and technological research and help to encourage such research, where relevant.
- To transfer the results of scientific and technological research to public and private institutions.
- To provide scientific-technical services to the General State Administration and public and private institutions.
- To boost the creation of technologically-based entities and companies.
- To help create entities with the ability to oversee the transfer and evaluation of technology.
- To train researchers.
- To train experts by means of highly specialised courses.
- To promote scientific culture in society.
- To manage scientific-technical facilities to be used by the scientific research and technological development system.
- To participate in international organs and bodies, as requested by the Ministry of Education and Science (the CSIC state agency currently belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- To participate in national organs and bodies, as requested by the Ministry of Education and Science (the CSIC state agency currently belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- To participate in designing and implementing the scientific and technological policies of the Ministry of Education and Science (the CSIC state agency currently belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation).
- To collaborate with other national and international institutions in the promotion and transfer of science and technology, as well as in the creation and development of scientific and technological research centres, institutes and units.
- To collaborate with universities in scientific research and technological development activities and in postgraduate education.
- To inform, attend and advise public and private entities on science and technology issues.
- To train experts in science and technology management.
- To collaborate in updating the science and technology knowledge skills of non-university teachers.
- To support the execution of the sectorial policies defined by the General State Administration, by preparing technical studies or through applied research activities.
- Any other scientific promotion and technological research actions assigned to it by applicable legislation or as commissioned by the Government.
Scientific-technical areas
Its multidisciplinary and multisectorial nature means CSIC covers all fields of knowledge. Its activity is organised around eight scientific-technical areas:- Area 1. humanities and social sciences http://www.csic.es/web/guest/humanidades-y-ciencias-sociales
- Area 2. biology and biomedicine http://www.csic.es/web/guest/biologia-y-biomedicina
- Area 3. natural resources http://www.csic.es/web/guest/recursos-naturales
- Area 4. agricultural sciences http://www.csic.es/web/guest/ciencias-agrarias
- Area 5. physical science and technologies http://www.csic.es/web/guest/ciencia-y-tecnologias-fisicas
- Area 6. materials science and technology http://www.csic.es/web/guest/ciencia-y-tecnologia-de-materiales
- Area 7. food science and technology http://www.csic.es/web/guest/ciencia-y-tecnologia-de-alimentos
- Area 8. chemical science and technology http://www.csic.es/web/guest/ciencia-y-tecnologias-quimicas
Large facilities
CSIC provides services to the entire scientific community through management of the Singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructures (ICTS) recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: these are unique or exceptional facilities involving relatively high investment and maintenance costs in relation to R&D investment budgets in their field. The whole science community and society at large can have access to them, which is justified by their importance and strategic nature, and for this reason they receive each year many national as well as foreign researchers. The importance and scientific and social repercussion of these large facilities is recognised and supported by the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
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CSIC administers the following Spanish ICTS:
- Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory http://www.caha.es/
- Doñana Reserve - Biological Station http://www.ebd.csic.es/
- Hespérides Ocean Research Vessel http://www.utm.csic.es/hesperides.asp
- Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base http://www.utm.csic.es/bae.asp
- Sarmiento de Gamboa Ocean Research Vessel http://www.utm.csic.es/sarmiento_his.asp
- The Integrated Micro and Nanofabrication Clean Room at the Microelectronics Institute of Barcelona http://www.imb-cnm.csic.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=70&lang=es
And the Spanish part of two large European facilities:
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Max von Laue-Paul Langevin Institute http://www.ill.eu/
Research centres
CSIC has a number of specialised research centres carrying out research in several fields:- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Sevilla.
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER), Sevilla.
- Centro de Acústica Aplicada y Evaluación no Destructiva (CAEND), Madrid.
- Centro de Automática y Robótica (CAR), Madrid.
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. - Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM), Madrid.
- Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS), Madrid.
- Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales (CCMA), Madrid.
- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), MurciaMurcia-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
. - Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB), GironaGironaGirona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
. - Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM), San SebastiánSan SebastiánDonostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
). - Centro de Física Miguel Antonio Catalán (CFMAC], Madrid
- Centro de Investigación Cardiovascular (CIC), BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. - Centro de Investigación en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, (CINN), Asturias.
- Centro de Investigación en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, (CIN2), Barcelona.
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Pascual Vila (CID), Barcelona.
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Madrid.
- Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja (CICIC), Sevilla.
- Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (CIDE), Valencia.
- Centro de Química Orgánica Lora Tamayo (CENQUIOR), Madrid.
- Centro de Seguridad y Durabilidad Estructural de Materiales, (CISDEM), Madrid.
- Centro de Tecnologías Físicas Leonardo Torres Quevedo (CETEF), Madrid.
- Centro Mediterráneo de Investigaciones Marinas y Ambientales (CMIMA), Barcelona.
- Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA), Sevilla.
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Madrid.
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas (CENIM), Madrid.
- Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (CNM), Barcelona.
- Consorcio CSIC-IRTA-UAB Centre de Recerca Agrigenomica, (CRAG), Barcelona.
- Escuela de Estudios Árabes (EEAA), GranadaGranadaGranada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
. - Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos (EEHA), Sevilla.
- Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología (EEHAR), RomaRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
Italia. - Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Sevilla.
- Estación Experimental Aula Dei (EEAD), ZaragozaZaragozaZaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
. - Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA) AlmeríaAlmeríaAlmería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
. - Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ) Granada.
- Estación Experimental La Mayora (EELM) MálagaMálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
. - Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF) Barcelona.
- Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), Granada.
- Instituto Botánico de Barcelona (IBB), Barcelona.
- Instituto Cajal (IC), Madrid.
- Instituto de Lengua, Literatura y Antropología (ILLA), Madrid.
- Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS), Castellón.
- Instituto de Acústica (IA), Madrid.
- Instituto Agricultura Sostenible (IAS), Córdoba.
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología ([IDAB), Navarra.
- Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Valencia.
- Instituto de Análisis Económico (IAE), Barcelona.
- Instituto de Arqueología (IAM), Mérida.
- Instituto de Astrofísica de AndalucíaInstituto de Astrofísica de AndalucíaThe Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía is an astrophysics-related research institute funded by the High Council of Scientific Research of the Spanish government Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , and is located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain...
(IAA), Granada. - Instituto de Astronomía y Geodesia (IAG), Granada.
- Instituto de Automática Industrial (IAI), Madrid.
- Instituto de Biología Evolutiva (IBE), Barcelona.
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas Eduardo Primo Yúfera (IBMCP), Valencia.
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer de Salamanca (IBMCC), SalamancaSalamancaSalamanca is a city in western Spain, in the community of Castile and León. Because it is known for its beautiful buildings and urban environment, the Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is the most important university city in Spain and is known for its contributions to...
. - Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona IBMB), Barcelona.
- Instituto de Biología Molecular Eladio Viñuela (IBMEV), Madrid.
- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (IBGM), ValladolidValladolidValladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
. - Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS).
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), Valencia.
- Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC)
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF)
- Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB)
- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP)
- Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV)
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA)
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB)
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM)
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (ICMS)
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN)
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP)
- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA)
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETCC)
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA)
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y el Vino (ICVV)
- Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE)
- Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (Incipit), Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...
. - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN)
- Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT)
- Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA)
- Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía (IEGD)
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM)
- Instituto de Estudios Documentales sobre Ciencia y Tecnología (IEDCYT)
- Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Padre Sarmiento (IEGPS)
- Instituto de Estudios Islámicos y del Oriente Próximo (IEIOP)
- Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA)
- Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales (IFI)
- Instituto de Filosofía (IFS)
- Instituto de Física Aplicada (IFA)
- Instituto de Física CorpuscularInstituto de Física CorpuscularThe Instituto de Física Corpuscular is a CSIC and University of Valencia joint center dedicated to experimental and theoretical research in the fields of particle physics, nuclear physics, cosmology, astroparticles and medical physics.It is located at the of the University of Valencia, in Paterna...
(IFIC) - Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA)
- Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF)
- Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC)
- Instituto de Física Teórica (IFTE)
- Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (IGM)
- Instituto de Geología Económica (IGE)
- Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento (INGENIO)
- Instituto de Historia (IH)
- Instituto de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia López Piñero (IHCD)
- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL)
- Instituto de Investigación en Inteligencia Artificial (IIIA)
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (IIAG)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols (IIB)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona (IIBB)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM)
- Instituto de la Grasa (IG)
- Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo (ILC)
- Instituto de Microbiología Bioquímica (IMB)
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM)
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (IMN-CNM)
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMS-CNM)
- Instituto de Neurociencias (IN)
- Instituto de Óptica Daza de Valdés (IO)
- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra (IPBLN)
- Instituto de Políticas y Bienes públicos (IPP)
- Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA)
- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA)
- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña (IQAC)
- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano (IQFR)
- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM)
- Instituto de Química Orgánica General (IQOG)
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales (IRN)
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA)
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología Sevilla (IRNAS)
- Instituto de Robótica e Informática Industrial (IRII)
- Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ)
- Instituto del Frío (IF)
- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA)
- Instituto Nacional del Carbón (INCAR)
- Instituto Pirenáico de Ecología (IPE)
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Tecnología de la Combustión (LITEC)
- Misión Biológica de Galicia (MBG)
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias NaturalesMuseo Nacional de Ciencias NaturalesThe Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales is the National Museum of Natural History of Spain. It is situated in the center of Madrid, by the Paseo de la Castellana. It is managed by the Spanish National Research Council....
(MNCN) - Observatorio de Física Cósmica del Ebro (OE)
- Real Jardín BotánicoReal Jardín Botánico de MadridThe is an botanical garden located at , next to the Prado Museum in Madrid ....
(RJB) - Unidad de Biofísica (UBF)
- Unidad de Tecnología Marina (UTM)
Literature
- Carlos Martinez Alonso: Re-founding the Spanish National Research Council: New Methods, New Culture, in: Max-Planck-Forum 7 : Perspectives of Research - Identification and Implementation of Research Topics by Organizations (Ringberg-Symposium Mai 2006), S. 59-70, ISSN 1438-8715
See also
- Open Access Scholarly Publishers AssociationOpen Access Scholarly Publishers AssociationThe Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association is an industry association which aims to promote open access publishing and to establish best practices in the field...
, of which CSIC's publishing arm (Revistas CSIC) is a member
External links
- CSIC
- Spanish Ministri of Science and Innovation
- CSIC Library Network
- Revistas CSIC, Scientific journals published by CSIC